Oedipus, like many men, has his flaws. His tragic flaw is what makes him a tragic hero and what leads to his downfall. From his rashness to overbearing pride, Oedipus is not perfect. And it is these flaws that bring his expected descend from glory, not destiny nor fate. It wasn’t fate that caused him to kill Laius, or took him down the path to Thebes, or even to leave his home land with no prior plan to go anywhere, it was his rashness and pride that caused him to act out on anger and little thinking.
Tragic hero, a Tragic hero is a not so perfect person of high social status. That then has a downfall from his from his high title in society and pays for all of his wrong doing. During or after his downfall he has a moment of clarity finally realizing what he has done. In the book “Oedipus The King” Oedipus shows to be a true tragic hero. Using Oedipus as an ideal model, Aristotle says that a tragic hero must be an important or influential man who makes an error in judgment, and who must then suffer the consequences of his actions.
Ahmad Rathore 3/25/11 Creon: An Aristotelian Tragic Hero Aristotle, an ancient Literary Critic believed that in order for a character to be a tragic hero, the character must fulfill certain qualities. In Sophocles’ Tragedy Antigone, Creon who was once the cities most favored King, fell to ruin after causing the death of his own son. Not only did he kill his own son, his wife committed suicide because of such unbearable news. According to Aristotle Creon executes such criterion to the highest extent. Aristotle believed that a tragic hero must have been a man of greatness and nobility, while still being flawed in essence to his personality.
In conclusion Creon became conscious of his pride too late and then had to pay the price. While Creon’s pride was arrogant and disastrous, Antigone too was very prideful. For example, “To risk everything for stubborn pride (Creon, Scene 5).” Creon has now understood how foolish it was of him to ignore the blind prophet’s warning and his own son’s warning as well. In addition, “I should have praise and honor for what I have done (Antigone, Scene 5).” In this
The most disgraceful thing is that he is a man of god and he committed all of these horrendous sins! Friar Lawrence took the first step in triggering the passage which led to the tragedy. The first step was that he married Romeo and Juliet, this was the most foolish thing he did. He knew it was not right yet he still did it, “wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast”. This just tells us that he knows what he is doing is wrong because he says himself we shouldn’t rush.
For example, when Antigone asks Ismene to break the law Ismene replies in fear saying "Think of how terrible than these deaths, our own death would be if we were to go against Creon." (Line 42). The power that Creon has over his people plays an important part in the play. When Creon makes a decree saying that Polyneices will not have a proper burial, his life starts to spiral out of control. This action leads to him being considered a tragic hero.
Could he expose Claudius' actions to everyone and so he serves his rightful punishment? Many different methods could have been used to restore justice in Denmark instead of getting revenge. Not only could he reveal his uncle, but also his mother that he discovers problematic. He does indeed finally kill his uncle after his mother has been poisoned, but only becomes the king long enough to label his replacement as he is dying at the time he slayed Claudius. This great play was a tragedy; but Hamlet had an opportunity to seek justice and finally become king himself.
A hero suffers an extreme reversal of fortune, from great success to abysmal failure, which causes immense suffering. Brutus suffers from knowing that what he did to Caesar was wrong, so he kills himself. He thought that killing Caesar was a great success to Rome, which then leads to a dreadful failure, the people of Rome saying that what he did was dishonorable. After his failure, he decides to let Caesar not suffer anymore, “Caesar, now be still; I kill’s not thee with half so good a will.”(V, 5 50-1) After his dreadful failure, his final suffering entered his life, “I know my hour is come,” (V, 5 19) Brutus’s immense suffering and only escape was death, and suffered his death honorably. A tragic flaw is a weakness that makes a hero susceptible to mistake, which brings on the fate of personal tragedy.
Transparent Flaws Oedipus Rex’s story is the definition of a “Tragic Hero,” because he makes an error of judgement and contains a fatal flaw. The definition of a Tragic Hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities; this person is fated by gods or by some supernatural force to doom and destruction or at least to great suffering. Well said, this absolutely defines Oedipus Rex. In the story of Oedipus Rex, he was born with fate to murder his parent. Right away, when the parents are informed they send young Oedipus Rex away to avoid this situation.
Macbeth had a lot going for him by becoming thane of Cawdor, but he ruins his chance of being a noble character by killing for the crown. By needing no pity Macbeth is proved to be a tragic hero. In addition Macbeth is considered to be a tragic hero by realizing his fate and that his unfaithful relations to the king catch up to him. All through the play Macbeth has been pretty lucky first by his plans of murdering the king played out to his terms and that he has been told by prophecy